by Jeff Maisey | Jul 1, 2019 | Food, Restaurant News
(Jon Pruden, TASTE co-owner/president, with a Ghent location manager) Staff Report Taste Unlimited, the gourmet/speciality foods business operating TASTE stores throughout Hampton Roads and Richmond, recently acquired the popular full-service catering company known as...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio I cannot think of another food establishment that I have patronized three times in a month, not counting my daily stop at Starbucks for a venti Green Tea Soy Frappuccino, no Classic Syrup, no Whip. That is, except Tamarind. And it may have...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 30, 2019 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio I don’t know that, given the meaning of the slang phrase “sloppy seconds”—which conjures up nothing appetizing—I would have necessarily chosen it as the name of my restaurant. But, alas, that’s the name and I will go back for Thoughtless Thirds. ...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 30, 2019 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Marisa Marsey If you can travel to only one European country, pick Switzerland. With French overtones in the West, Italian in the South, and German and Austrian in the North and East, it’s a veritable continental quilt. Likewise, if you can visit only one Asian...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 6, 2019 | Food, Restaurant News
By Cindy Mackey Dog-n-Burger Grille, a Ghent favorite established in 1969, will be transformed into the popular barbeque restaurant Redwood Smoke Shack. The property at 2001 Manteo Street has been an institution over the decades for fresh-cooked hamburgers, hot dogs,...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2019 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio Recent posts on the Vegans of Hampton Roads Facebook page had The Egg Bistro brightly lit-up on my personal “run don’t walk” radar screen. Though they have locations with vegan options in VA Beach and Suffolk, I chose the Chesapeake location from...
